The Three-Fifths Compromise

question 95

Multiple Choice

The Three-fifths Compromise:

• A) determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation
• B) determined the ratio between free states and slave states
• C) created a bicameral legislature
• D) declared that the states would pay three-fifths of the Revolutionary War debt and the federal government would pay the rest
• E) determined that all American citizens would pay three-fifths of their income to the federal government in taxes every year

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